Album: Lower East Side

Despite all that's happened over the past few months, life in and around the New York financial district could be much worse. If in doubt, just pay a visit to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. This is no Disney-fied history (although, on a recent visit, Disney did happen to be filming "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" just around the corner). Aside from making you grateful you don't live there, the museum also does a fine job at celebrating the lives of the immigrant families who did.